A compelling memoir of adoption, loss and discovery
Like many adopted children, filmmaker Barbara Sumner yearned to know who her mother was. New Zealand's closed adoption laws made that almost impossible and coloured her chaotic adolescence and adult life.
When she finally tracked her mother down, a longed-for reunion ended in tragedy.
This remarkable, moving, beautifully written memoir explores Sumner's conviction that everyone who loses their mother suffers some degree of physiological damage. They are all grafted onto the tree of strangers.
Memoirs, Society and Social Sciences
Hardback
Barbara Sumner
240 pages
H: 179mm W: 115mm Spine: 20mm
Weight: 273 grams